 Advice on Skate skis needed for Arrowhead 135
Hi guys,
Just wanted to confirm what Dave said ... the snowmobile trails that
the Susitna 100 on are not groomed. If such races were on Piston
Bulley groomed snowmobile trails (which you have a lot of in the
continental 48 and which are just starting to appear in AK) I'd
definitely use top-of-the-line skate skis. Like the RCS.
The snowmobile trails the Susitna 100 uses are not groomed and used by
many snowmobiles. Without grooming you can get moguls or waves in the
trail. And the more traffic, the worse the waves get. This can be a
wild "bucking-bronco" ride on narrow downhills where you can't snowplow
to slow down. And a lot of people use paddle track snowmobiles (up to
2 1/2 inch treads). These "ditch-wich" the trails on the hills often
leaving a 16 inch wide trough, an a foot deep, that can be very
dangerous ... especially when it ices over.
If the Arrowhead 135 route is on groomed snowmobile trails and not the
ratty Alaskan trails I'm describing ... then use your RCS's and enjoy
the skate!
Tim
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